ELC's First Earth law video

When humans and corporations have rights, but nature does not, nature inevitably suffers. Adopting Earth based law changes the status of nature from a resource and property to a rights-bearing entity, with those rights enforceable by people, governments and communities.

voice for earth law: one-minute talk series

Earth Law Center works to transform the law to recognize and protect nature’s inherent rights to exist, thrive and evolve. Hear directly from our impassioned Earth Law advocates in our one-minute talk series.

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Alberto Acosta, economist and former President of the Ecuador 2007-2008 Constitutional Assembly presents his judges ruling on the Yasuni ITT case, an offer by Ecuador to fight climate change by forgoing oil exploration and production in a large tract of untouched rainforest. Acosta is responsible for drawing up the now famous Montecristi Constitution, which took effect in 2008 and established protection for the rights of nature, Feb 7, 2014.